AP Euro Questions: French Revolution - Napoleon

Which of the following best characterizes eighteenth-century France just prior to the Revolution of 1789

The French monarchy was experiencing a deepening financial crisis.

(1999) The group most severely criticized in the works of Voltaire, the French philosophe, was the

Roman Catholic clergy

The sequence of events that led to the French Revo¬lution of 1789 is best summarized by which of the following

Royal financial crisis, convening of the Estates General, storming of the Bastille

Which of the following had the largest population in 1763

France

Which of the following is true of Frederick William I, king of Prussia from 1713-1740

He built a first-rate army and infused Prussian society with military values.

"As historians from Karl Marx through Georges Lefebvre and Albert Soboul have argued, the main accomplishment of the French Revolution was to abolish feudalism in France and to clear the ground for capitalist economic expansion and the rule of the bourgeoisie." Which of the following views is consistent with the interpretation above

The Revolution eliminated guilds, seigniorial rights, and other obstacles to French agricultural and industrial advance

During 1793-1794, Robespierre and the Committee of Public Safety owed much of their influence to the support of

A group of small property owners and wage laborers in Paris who were concerned about high food prices

The Peace of Utrecht (1713-1714) altered the balance of power in Europe by

Checking French expansion

(1999) The Concert of Europe, which existed between the Congress of Vienna and the outbreak of the Crimean War, operated as a

loose forum to achieve consensus among the major powers on foreign policy questions

The main purpose of the women's march to Versailles in October 1789 was to

ensure the king's support for the Declaration of Rights and cheap bread for Paris

Which of the following caused the deepest and most persistent internal opposition to the French Revolu¬tion

The Great Fear

(1994) Which of the following best expresses Voltaire's views concerning religion

Organized religion perpetuates superstition and ignorance.

A major revolutionary ideal spread throughout Europe by the French armies during the Revolutionary and the Napoleonic periods was that

careers should be open to talented individuals from all classes

Napoleonic paintings often portrayed Napoleon as

An imperial ruler

Under the Napoleonic system, peasants in territories conquered by French armies were generally given

freedom from manorial obligations

Napoleon's primary aim in establishing the Continental System was to

destroy Great Britain's economy

Architecture produced in the Napoleonic Empire was influenced most by

classical models